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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences have aided the suppression of?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Evil.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Monarchy.

2. What does Rousseau say men came to love?
(a) Religion.
(b) The restriction imposed by arts and sciences.
(c) Sciences.
(d) Arts.

3. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?
(a) The loss of freedom of his countrymen.
(b) The loss of his influence.
(c) The loss of his rights.
(d) The loss of his sister.

4. What does Rousseau conclude social and political inequality is not?
(a) The way it is.
(b) Just.
(c) Lawful.
(d) Nature of man.

5. What does Rousseau say of the needs and goals of the society compared to that of the government?
(a) They might not be the same.
(b) They are always the same.
(c) The needs of the government trump the ones of the people.
(d) The people should require that his needs be taken into account.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should be equal if talents are equal according to Rousseau?

2. What do not have regular form according to Rousseau?

3. Who should the law rule in Rousseau's perfect city?

4. What does inequality of wealth and condition produce?

5. Who theorizes that political authority originates with the father?

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